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Content
Participation in this course will contribute to the development of skills in the use of qualitative methodological approaches to a PhD thesis. The course unit will provide insight into fundamental epistemological and methodological assumptions and selected traditions in qualitative research. There will be special emphasis on the phenomenological and hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Content analyses and methodological challenges in studies of vulnerable populations will be given special attention. The unit will give students practice in evaluating qualitative research from a methodological perspective. Methods for evaluating qualitative research will be explained.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
- has knowledge in the forefront to critically evaluate the expediency of different research designs of qualitative methods in general and in relation to their own area of specialization
- has knowledge in the forefront to understand the epistemological assumptions associated with qualitative methods.
- has knowledge in the forefront to understand the traditions of qualitative methods and their theoretical basis.
Skills
- has ability to formulate relevant and topical research questions and justify the selection of appropriate research methods that can be investigated/solved by using qualitative methods.
- has ability to individually design and undertake research projects within person-centred healthcare and can evaluate different analytical approaches.
- has ability to critically evaluate the quality of qualitative research and address specific methodological challenges in qualitative research studies in the field of person-centred healthcare.
- has ability to assess the appropriateness of different qualitative methods related to his/her problem and research questions.
- has ability to contribute with new knowledge in the form of developed descriptions/interpretations, concepts or theory using appropriate qualitative methods.
General competences
- has ability to identify, critically discuss and handle relevant ethical issues in qualitative research studies in the context of healthcare in general and specifically related to persons with long term health needs.
- has ability to identify, critically discuss and handle issues related to the validity, credibility and transferability of qualitative research.